F/T - Director of Strategy - NYPL

Type: Full time
Language(s): English
Job posted on: July 8, 2009
Sector: Nonprofit
Last day to apply: September 6, 2009
Last updated: July 9, 2009


The Director is responsible for centrally coordinating metrics and information on users – both qualitative and quantitative, as well as gathering and evaluating trends and new ideas from within and outside the Library. The Director will be responsible for:

• Initiating a comprehensive strategic planning process and managing strategy review
• Leading implementation process and integration of metrics into operations and culture
• Managing development of future growth in metrics collection
• Leading development of internal target-setting
• Gathering ideas from external users and analyzing trends, challenges and opportunities to feed into organizational thinking
• Gathering and highlighting ideas from staff and creating a forum for sharing and spreading innovation
• Integrating findings and analysis from all sources above into the ongoing work of the organization
• Defining/recommending emerging strategic priorities to Senior Management on an ongoing basis
• Building relationships with peer organizations

Additional Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree, Masters degree preferred
• Demonstrated strong performance in relevant roles, with increasing levels of responsibility and independence
• Distinctive quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills and research experience
• Successfully demonstrated project management skills, including managing large, cross functional, highly visible projects
• Successfully demonstrated leadership skills, including experience supervising staff and leading and persuading groups of people from varying levels within the organization
• Successfully demonstrated problem solving skills
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability collaborate with staff at all levels of the organization
• Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment and to tolerate ambiguity

To Apply
To apply, please follow the link below:
http://jobs-nypl.icims.com/jobs/5617/job

The New York Public Library is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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